drugset / Trial / NCT00408200
A Study of the Effectiveness of Anti-Arrhythmic Medications After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment
Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine the overall effectiveness of anti-arrhythmic medicines (to control heart rhythm) prescribed after an ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation.
Timeline
- Start
- 2006-11
- Primary completion
- 2008-04
- Completion
- 2008-06
Publications
- Results Roux JF, Zado E, Callans DJ, Garcia F, Lin D, Marchlinski FE, Bala R, Dixit S, Riley M, Russo AM, Hutchinson MD, Cooper J, Verdino R, Patel V, Joy PS, Gerstenfeld EP. Antiarrhythmics After Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation (5A Study). Circulation. 2009 Sep 22;120(12):1036-40. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.839639. Epub 2009 Sep 8.
- Leong-Sit P, Roux JF, Zado E, Callans DJ, Garcia F, Lin D, Marchlinski FE, Bala R, Dixit S, Riley M, Hutchinson MD, Cooper J, Russo AM, Verdino R, Gerstenfeld EP. Antiarrhythmics after ablation of atrial fibrillation (5A Study): six-month follow-up study. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011 Feb;4(1):11-4. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.955393. Epub 2010 Nov 13.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dofetilide | Small molecule | — | — |
| Subject | flecainide | Small molecule | — | — |
| Subject | propafenone | Unknown | — | — |
| Subject | sotalol | Small molecule | — | — |